No one said being half dragon would be easy, but Kate O’Connor’s life has gone completely off the rails. She thought she’d won the succession war between the daughters of the dragon queen, until a shocking betrayal changed everything.

Now seven new sisters have joined the fray, a sinister government taskforce is gunning for her, and the Japanese queen has hit town, bent on snatching the throne for herself. Worst of all, her beloved son has been abducted.

The shifter world has never seen a proving like this one, but then, there’s never been a dragon quite like Kate before. She’ll need her human ingenuity as well as her dragon magic to save her son and everyone she holds dear. The final moves in the deadly endgame take her from goblin caves to Japanese palaces as she races against the clock to snatch victory from the dragon jaws of defeat.

Twiceborn Endgame is the third book in the urban fantasy trilogy The Proving.

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Top customer reviews

Woah. A very satisfying conclusion to the series. All threads expertly wrapped but with the door open for future visits to an Australia that is run by dragons. I'd welcome that.

The first two installments in this series were good reads, but this conclusion is at a whole different level. Surprises galore and some excellent action scenes that had me feverishly turning pages. Certainly not a formulaic conclusion. I do read a lot of books like this and it frustrates me that I can usually predict with a high degree of accuracy exactly how these books will end. Not so in this case, Finlayson seems to take delight in stomping all over my preconceptions of where the story will go.

Great ending to a very interesting series. What a wonderful use of dragons and women and the ability to wield strength. I love that Kate is able to throw a different slant to a world where power is everything and I love that the setting is Australia.This was different, humorous and bloodthirsty all in one well-written package. I look forward to more from the author.

In my opinion this was the best book of the series. Gone was the over-worded narrative and lulls in significant content. I only wish the first two books were written with the fluidity of this one. The series was tied up nicely for the most part. I kind of wish I knew what happened to Jason. Also, some of the scenes that I would consider to be major, were just grazed over. Even if Kate wasn't on site for the happenings, I would've at least enjoyed it if she had gotten some sort of play by play from the characters that were present. I enjoyed this series and don't regret reading it.

Each book of this dragon trilogy so far has been even better than the previous one and this final book did not disappoint at all. Fast paced, action packed and just plain hard to put down, the final dragon queen resolution for Oceania was masterfully handled complete with an unexpected final twist which managed to tie up an otherwise messy situation. An excellent read from beginning to end. Five star material!

Is it Over?this trilogy really brought me to the world down under.Shifters, Dragons, Warewolfes and humans can they co-exist?only in the continent down underI had a blast reading it and cant wait for more titles from Marina

This is the third part of the Proving Trilogy, and there were big reveals in the first two parts which it’s difficult to avoid mentioning in this review. If you haven’t read them yet and don’t want to spoil the surprise, don’t read on.

Werewolves are part of my unholy trinity - along with vampires and zombies - which I will NOT read about, no matter what. Or so I thought. But this is the series that made me love werewolves. Who’d a thunk it? But then this is an unusual urban fantasy in many ways. The main character, Kate, isn’t a badass teenage girl snarking her way through life, and doing nothing but drool over the hot blokes. She’s the mother of a young boy, and heaven knows that makes a refreshing change. Now, there’s a certain amount of snark (she’s Australian, so that goes with the territory), and there’s a little drooling too, it has to be said. But Kate has her priorities sorted, and her son Lachie is at the top of the list.

Kate spent the first book of the series working out what was going on, and trying to survive the Proving, a fight to the death between daughters of the current dragon queen - last one standing gets to inherit the crown. Kate doesn’t want to be queen, but wants to be dead even less, so in the second book she stepped up to the plate to take on her sisters, and her mother. But Finlayson is a demon with those unexpected twists - just when you think Kate must surely be safe, some new and terrifying disaster hits. And at the end of book 2, she’s blindsided by new revelations, to set things up brilliantly for this book.

But Kate isn’t the passive I-want-to-be-human weakling she was at the start of the trilogy. Previously, she’s turned to her dragon-side as a last resort - to save her son, for instance - but now she fully embraces her dragon nature, and truly takes on the role of leader. And yet she never forgets her human side, either, and that’s a difference that gives her a unique advantage, both physically and psychologically.

This book felt slightly less frenetic than the previous two, but that’s partly because Kate is more in charge now, and taking control of her life. Even so, there are still plenty of twists and turns along the way, and the action rarely lets up. And just when you think everything is tied up with neat little bows, Finlayson has one last surprise up her sleeve, which I did NOT see coming. Finally, Kate’s romantic life reaches a resolution at last, and a very satisfactory one it is too.

Everything I look for in fantasy is right here - compelling characters, a fascinating premise and a plot that rattles along with a new surprise round every corner. Add in the author’s terrific writing style, a healthy dollop of Aussie humour and lots of dragons, not to mention werewolves and a whole raft of other shifters, and this is another five stars. I highly recommend the whole trilogy, and not just to urban fantasy fans.